Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnston, Henry Alan August 25, 1956
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Virginian-Pilot August 26 & September 5, 1956
NORFOLK — Henry Alan Johnston, 71, prominent lawyer of New York City, died 
unexpectedly yesterday, while visiting in London, England.
Born in Norfolk on October 27, 1884, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert Johnston. He was married to the late Katherine H. Dickson, of Norfolk, in 
1914, and is survived by two children of this marriage, William Dickson 
Johnston, of Delmar, Calif., and Mrs. L. Wood Bedell, of Richmond, and six 
grandchildren. He also is survived by his wife, the former Helene Swatkowsky, 
whom he married in 1950.
Other survivors are a brother, Robert S. Johnston, of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. 
J. Warren White, of Norfolk, and Mrs. Joseph K. Taussig, of Washington, and 
eight nieces and nephews.
                           Graduate of Davidson
A graduate of Davidson College, he also attended Princeton University and 
received his law degree from the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the 
Virginia Bar Association in 1909. At the time of his death, he was a member of 
Clark, Carr and Ellis Law Firm of New York City.
During World War I, he served in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant. After 
World War II, he was legal advisor to the United Kingdom-United States Steel 
Control Group in Dusseldorf, Germany.
In Virginia, he is well known as a director of the Barter Theater of Virginia, 
director and vice president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and vice 
president of St. Luke's Restoration in Smithfield.
                          Member of Bar Association
A member of the American Bar Association, he was also a member of the Bar 
Association of the City of New York and was a director of the Industrial Bank of 
Commerce of New York, the Bankers Security Life Insurance Society of New York, 
and the Old Dominion Paper Co., of Norfolk.
Author of "What Rights Are Left," published in 1930, he also contributed many 
articles to the North American Review, Century Magazine, Outlook, U.S. Law 
Review and the American Bar Association Journal.
Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.
                                  DEATHS
JOHNSTON, HENRY ALAN - At London, England, Saturday, August 25, 1956, HENRY ALAN 
JOHNSTON, husband of Mrs. Elena Swatkowsky Johnston and son of the late Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert Johnston, in the 72nd year of his age. Services at the grave in 
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va., THURSDAY MORNING, September 6, at 11 o'clock. 
Friends of the family are invited to attend. Kindly omit flowers.

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